buckle
IPA: bˈʌkʌɫ
noun
- A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.
- (by extension) Some other form of clasp used to fasten two things together.
- (Canada, heraldry) An image of a clasp (sense 1) used as the brisure of an eighth daughter.
- A great conflict or struggle.
- (countable) A distortion; a bend, bulge, or kink.
- (roofing) An upward, elongated displacement of a roof membrane, frequently occurring over deck joints or insulation, which may indicate movement of the roof assembly.
- (countable, Canada, US, baking) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a cake baked with fresh fruit (often blueberries) and a streusel topping.
- (countable, obsolete) A curl of hair, especially a kind of crisp curl formerly worn; also (countable, uncountable), the state of hair being curled in this manner.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of buckles.
verb
- (transitive)
- To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun sense 1); hence (obsolete), to fasten (something) in any way.
- (figurative)
- (reflexive) To apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work; also (obsolete), to equip (oneself) for a battle, expedition, etc.
- (Britain, dialectal (especially Scotland) or humorous) To unite (people) in marriage; to marry.
- (intransitive, figurative)
- To apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work.
- (Britain, dialectal (especially Scotland) or humorous) To unite with someone in marriage; to marry.
- (obsolete except Britain, dialectal) To participate in some contest or labour; to join in close fight; to contend.
- To cause (something) to bend, or to become distorted.
- (obsolete) To curl (hair).
- (intransitive)
- Of a thing (especially a slender structure under compression): to collapse or distort under physical pressure.
- (figurative) Of a person: to (suddenly) cease resisting pressure or stress; to give in or give way, to yield.
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Examples of "buckle" in Sentences
- Colwell kept the buckle from the belt.
- Buckle is the Regiment Badge of the 20th Foot.
- The belt adjusting means form part of the buckle.
- The belt includes the usual flexible strip and buckle.
- This buckle is absolutely beautiful -- so many delicious blueberries!
- They are fastened to the moccasin by leather thongs, sometimes by buckles.
- The person taking the shot positions him or herself around the belt buckle.
- Tymwyvenne is a city in the darkest part of the bogs of the Belt and Buckle.
- The Party was the belt which held the country together and Tito was the buckle.
- The buckle of the belt activates the anti gravity servos stored around the belt.
- A blueberry buckle is a type of cake that is so laden with fruit that it can actually buckle under its weight.
- This buckle is like a moist cake, loaded with fruit and topped with a smattering of crumbs to create a nice crisp topping.
- The minute I read that her favorite description of a blueberry buckle is “one giant blueberry muffin” I knew I had found my recipe.
- It is also superior to the whole grain buckle I made, although that is not surprising as this is far more decadent and less virtuous!
- The great ironworks adorn it like a row of precious stones, and its buckle is a whole city with castles and cathedrals and great clusters of houses.
- Nashville, Tennessee, is sometimes called the buckle of the Bible Belt because it is home to the national offices of the Southern Baptist Convention, The National Association of Free Will Baptists and the United Methodist Church's publishing house.
- Here's another reason to worry about recent signs that the U.S. dollar is again heading south: A slumping dollar could grant much-needed relief to Yankee-baiter Hugo Chávez, whose presidency is beginning to buckle from a shortage of the greenbacks he needs to pay for imports and to keep the national oil monopoly running.
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